to move swiftly; to speed; to run after (empty fame, power, money etc)
鸡鹜雞鶩ji1 wu4
petty or mean persons
刻鹄类鹜刻鵠類鶩ke4 hu2 lei4 wu4
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom); to fail utterly in trying to copy something; to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
旁鹜旁鶩pang2 wu4
to be inattentive; to be distracted by sth
趋之若鹜趨之若鶩qu1 zhi1 ruo4 wu4
to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable; an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
外鹜外鶩wai4 wu4
to get involved in things which are not one's business